POLI 449 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Annexation Of Crimea By The Russian Federation, Defence Diplomacy, Viktor Yanukovych
26 May 2016
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Announcements: the un secretary-general ban ki-moon at mcgill! Friday feb 12: 2:15 3 pm in lea132 (exact time subject to change) T pick up my ticket at pouliot"s office hours on tuesday, feb 9 (3 pm): make a line up, b/c its first come, first serve! Ask our questions to the sg: post it online before tomorrow (friday feb 5 at 1:30 pm) (a selection will be made: policy memo. Policy-writing workshop in a week or two from now. Imagine i"m writing for a vip who has very limited time. I only have 3 pages where each and every word has to count. T if it"s a superfluous word, cut it! this is all about the economy of words. Each section should follow the same logic: this is our interest (ie as china) Eg. canada: i am the canadian desk for multinational affairs. Canadian interest is in re-engaging the multinational system: this is how our interest fits in this context.
